À travers la programmation artistique live du Festival Art Explora à Marseille, Martha Kirszenbaum (@martha_kirsz ) commissaire associée, a imaginé une programmation pluridisciplinaire et foisonnante en collaboration avec des artistes de la scène marseillaise et de la région méditerranéenne.
Celle-ci se déploie sur la scène à quai et hors les murs : aussi bien dans des lieux culturels emblématiques de la ville comme le @mucem_officiel ou des centres d’art, que dans des lieux de la vie quotidienne comme un bar à chichas ou encore un hammam.
👉 RDV sur notre site pour tout savoir sur la programmation (lien en bio) !
Six years without you my Anna. Wild is the wind today 🌹🖤
“When you’re not here, I feel like this boat caught in the wind / Darkness comes to my eyes / And it smells like the locks of your hair” Mira Kubasińska, A Miałeś Przyjść, 1971
‘The Shadow of the Tree’ is a film exhibition presenting the works of artists originating from the Mediterranean MENA (Middle-East and North Africa) region. Its title refers to a verse by Lebanese poet Bassam Hajar who evokes, in a circular epigram, notions of displacement and disappearance while referring to the metaphor of the tree —a central element in the geological and cultural topography of the region, where cypresses and olive trees suggest rooting and exile.
The exhibition unfolds over the course of twelve weeks and around six programs that bring together over forty works of moving image —from feature film to video and from documentary to music. It is organized into six programs bringing together three retrospective screenings of Basma al-Sharif, Valentin Noujaïm and Sara Sadik and three curated programs imagined by Martha Kirszenbaum together with Myriam Ben Salah, Stella Bottai and Asma Barchiche.
The programs will conclude with a special night of screenings and performances, introducing Lina Soualem’s ‘Bye Bye Tiberias’ and live performances by Mohammad Reza Mortazavi and Samson.
The presented works anchor the exhibition in a historical and political reflection on the MENA region, contemplating a plurality of representations, engagements and imaginary worlds in times of fragmented equilibrium, while expanding the region’s visual and cultural legacy through the use of the film medium in its broad acceptance.
Thank you for the trust @museomadre@eva.fabbris and all the team. Thank you @basmalsharif@vnoujaim@sarasadikofficiel@meriembennani@fatimaalqadiri@khalgha@marwaarsanios@sagg_napoli@deborahjoyceholman@danilocorreale@effeminelli@jumanamanna@monavarichon@nouayda@myriambensalah@stellabottai@asma.bcc@lina__su@m_r_mortazavi@_skinny_sam and Dina Mimi, Emily Jacir, Iman Issa, Elia Suleiman, Domenico Salierno, Anna Maria Maiolino 🎥🎥🎥💫💫💫💙💙💙
Ezra (Cyrus, Aaruna, Witold) Baya Kirszenbaum 💚👶🏽💚 Born on September 27, 2023 under a double sun ☀️☀️ Love unlimited @_skinny_sam#clubBB 📸 @samuelkirszenbaum
The Captive is on view at @silviasteinekgalerie for @curatedby.at featuring poems by Forugh Farrokhzad and works by @svdvf and @rezashafahiofficial 🖋️🎨🎥💙
The exhibition takes as a point of departure and source of inspiration the writings of Forugh Farrokhzad, one of the most important and influential modern Iranian poets. It brings together the works of artists Reza Shafahi and Sadaf H Nava, born in Iran almost fifty years apart and developing singular practices of drawing, film, performance and music, and whose works are displayed in the gallery alongside two poems by Farrokhzad, The Captive and Bathing.
Thank you @curatedby.at and @silviasteinekgalerie for inviting me to organize The Captive, an exhibition inspired by the writings of Iranian poet Forugh Farrokhzad and featuring the works of @rezashafahiofficial and @svdvf 🌹
Opening in Vienna on September 8 💙
